Goose Lake vs Toronto

A side-by-side comparison of Goose Lake and Toronto: population, income, housing, and more.

Goose Lake and Toronto are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goose Lake has the higher population (309 vs 69 in Toronto). Goose Lake has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $43,333 in Toronto). Goose Lake has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $66,700 in Toronto).

Population, income & housing

	Goose Lake	Toronto
Population	309	69
Median age	30.8 yrs	64.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$43,333
Median home value	$125,000	$66,700
Housing units	104	46
Homeownership rate	94.6%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goose Lake	Toronto
Population	207 → 309 (+49.3%)	111 → 69 (-37.8%)
Median household income	$71,250 → $70,625 (-0.9%)	$37,159 → $43,333 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$132,500 → $125,000 (-5.7%)	$72,000 → $66,700 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$596 → $640 (+7.4%)

Goose Lake

Population

207309

Median household income

$71,250$70,625

Median home value

$132,500$125,000

Toronto

Population

11169

Median household income

$37,159$43,333

Median home value

$72,000$66,700

Median gross rent

$596$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goose Lake	Toronto
Under 5	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	5.8%
35 to 44	21.7%	2.9%
45 to 54	5.5%	21.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	5.5%	40.6%
75 and over	4.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goose Lake	Toronto
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goose Lake	Toronto
No high school diploma	23.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	12.4%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goose Lake	Toronto
Drove alone	96.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	20.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goose Lake	Toronto
1-unit, detached	91.3%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Goose Lake	Toronto
Poverty rate	20.6%	23.2%
Average household size	3.32	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1962	1938